Case Number 26260: Small Claims Court

BIG CATS

The Charge

Meow!

The Case

The PBS crew has four hour-long feline-focused features for all you cat
lovers out there. Big cat lovers that is. Because, you know, these cats are
humongous. You've got leopards and tigers and lions and more lions. That's
nearly four hours of bounding about nature with animals that can scratch the
crap out of you.

* "Revealing the Leopard" Leopards are big and cool, but judging by
this documentary, they appear to be looked down upon by the rest of the food
chain. Their cute little cubs often succumb to violent death (by baboons no
less) and lions aren't afraid to chase them up trees. Then again, they hunt
tusked warthogs, so they have that going for them.

* "Siberian Tiger Quest" I reviewed this one as a stand-along release
and it's pretty awesome. An Asian researcher leaves his family for months at a
time and hunkers down in a dug out shelter to wait patiently for a glimpse of
the ultra-shy Siberian Tiger. Every few months his assistant shows up to remove
trash and stool. Like I said, awesome!

* "Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story" A look at the real couple
behind the feature film Born Free, this documentary blends current-day
interviews with home movie footage and photos from George and Joy Adamson.

* "The White Lions" Sounds like a British pop band, but is, in fact, a
documentary about lions that are white. White lions are rare, so to get cameras
on a pair of cubs is impressive.

That's it. Just four documentaries from the long-running PBS series
Nature. But it's a tight package and cat-heavy. What else do you need?
(And if you said extra features, then, yeah, you're not going to get any of
that.)